“It’s essentially a flying crane, really,” James Clyne says. One of the ideas was to take inspiration from a Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe helicopter (1962).īack then, it was nicknamed the 'Flying Garage'. Like all ships, there were many iterations, by different artists, before getting the design we know. Let's take this opportunity to come back to the AT-hauler (which will have the right to its own ship design story later). Josh Rimes: 'This vehicle was built to conquer.” “It features a top hatch and lift that elevates the powerful and terrifying Sith bandit leader above all when she stands upon its roof to lord over those beneath her,” Lucasfilm’s Josh Rimes says. The rear is different but part of the original rear end has been reassembled, raised.įinally, the rope moorings incorporate an upper part consisting of a design halfway between the legs of an AT-AT and the Y-45 armored transport hauler, or AT-hauler from Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). This designer simply started with details that were finally quite visible in the original design of the AT-AT. Here, we notice that the upper space has become a cockpit. It's fun how much the designer (who I'm not familiar with, but I will update this article if necessary) used the details of the AT-AT design to turn it into something else. “There are unique flourishes, like rope moorings, that create that feudal samurai meets Star Wars aesthetic,” says Lucasfilm’s Josh Rimes, an executive producer on the series. You could almost say it's a comeback of the Imperial Tank design, envisioned by Joe Johnston for The Empire Strikes Back (1980). It is as if the main part of an AT-AT has been recycled for another project.Īn AT-AT without legs, less scary, but faster.

There are no ships in The Duel, but this vehicle which has a real connection with the films. I start by cheating because it is not a spaceship, but a land vehicle. Obviously, I take this opportunity to address related topics. I fed this article with what I could find on the official site, some press interviews, and the series of featurettes that accompanies Visions on Disney+ (and which you should watch). With one lesson already: people love Star Wars games. But I know you like fictional spaceships, so I focused on that aspect. We could talk at length about the inspirations that nourish each episode, or the story of the talented Japanese studios, directors, artists who created the nine Visions shorts. And I hope more Visions are coming, from Japan as well as elsewhere. Visions is a very good surprise, a new approach to the Star Wars franchise that I particularly appreciated.

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